Musings of a Dead Parrot

THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What's the only player position that has the same name in three of the four principal North American professional sports? center (no center in baseball however)
2. The word "surrender" entered English from which other language? I work with a guy named Surendra. Could surrender come from Hindi?
3. How often does water flow underground, according to the Talking Heads, and will you ever feel this loved, according to Keith Urban? Same as it ever was - once in a lifetime
4. What last name is shared by two of the actors who have played the Doctor on TV's Doctor Who? no idea. I could not even tell you one actor who has been Dr Who
5. After the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961, what did President Kennedy have installed in place of the White House bowling alley? a guess - the White House situation room
6. The genetic bone disease pycnodysostosis is also called the "syndrome" of which French artist? Henri Toulouse Lautrec
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these performers? Adrienne Barbeau, Paul Bettany, Bud Cort, Jamie Lee Curtis, Wentworth Miller, Julianne Moore, Amy Poehler, Kevin Spacey, Robert Vaughn, Sigourney Weaver.

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What current TV hit has the same title as its original 1970s version, except that the final character has been changed from a letter to a numeral? There's a subtle difference between Hawaii Five-O and Hawaii Five-0. In some fonts. Alex, I think you asked this question near the start of the new tv season when I still remembered that 5-0 was a tv show.
2. As doctors measure (using intra-articular space), what is the largest joint in the human body? The knee is your biggest joint, unless you rolled them REALLY BIG in college. would like to see comparison of joint size - knee vs. ankle vs. hip, etc. to get a sense of comparative size
3. Two world nations border 14 neighbors each. What third country borders *both* of those nations--and no others? China and Russia are the most-neighbored nations on Earth, and Mongolia is sandwiched between them. correct
4. What was originally called the "Pluto platter" when it was first sold in 1955? You know what, "Pluto platter" is actually a better name than "Frisbee." There, I said it. correct
5. What kind of animal did the witch Circe turn Odysseus's crew into? Have you seen the little piggies, crawling in the dirt? kine, swine, ovine. All those farm animals sometimes run together for me
6. Who's the longest-ago major-party U.S. presidential candidate still living? Boy am I glad George McGovern didn't die this week! He's both the oldest and longest-ago U.S. presidential candidate. Older than Carter, older than Bush, older than anybody. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? Counting Crows' "Mr. Jones," Cream's "White Room," Kermit the Frog's "It's Not Easy Being Green," Alanis Morissette's "Hand in My Pocket," Pearl Jam's "Jeremy," Radiohead's "Karma Police," Simon and Garfunkel's "America," Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner." None of them rhyme! Not even once, as far I as could tell. Boy, it was hard putting together a list of these that wasn't entirely 90s college radio. Apparently the early 90s was a Golden Age of unrhyming rock songs. I Write The Songs would not have fit here. Still I had a hard time recognizing the pattern.